Einstein's 'Relativity: The special and general theory'

[Sybren]

Hi everybody,

I wanted to share with you a nice version of Einstein's book 'Relativity: the special and general theory'. It is the translation of Robert Lawson, but this time typeset completely in latex by Ron Burkey. The PDF can be downloaded for free at the following link:

http://www.sandroid.org/GutenMark/wasftp.GutenMark/MarkedTexts/EinsteinRelativity.pdf

Enjoy it

 

[brocks]

Thanks very much for the link.

Not to discount the historical significance, but is this a good book for beginners to learn from? I grant that the author has some knowledge of the subject, and his intention is to make it accessible to laymen, but have there been better books in the last 90 years?

 

[Daverz]

There have definitely been advances in pedagogy for SR and GR. For SR, I recommend https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691141274/?tag=pfamazon01-20. Followup reading might be

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521455065/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/071670336X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/020138423X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198506562/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[brocks]

Thanks for the links; the book by Schutz looks especially good. Seems like if Einstein was so smart, he could have included some Java programs in his book.